Nutrition

Many athletes have asked for more information on nutrition, so we have prepared two guides in conjunction with PowerBar, which give information on nutrition while racing: To read about how two IRONMAN Champions, Catriona Morrison and Phil Graves approach their nutrition strategy for a race, click here >>

Check out the handy printable PDF of all the nutrition on the IRONMAN UK feed stations including distance to the different locations. Click here to download the PDF>>

Bike Course Feed Stations:
There will be 2 Feed Stations on the bike course located at New Road (Rivington) and Buckshaw Village. There will be an empty bottle drop off before each station, please dispose of your empties into the large bins. The Feed Stations will provide athletes with:

The drink will be handed out in 700ml sports bottles and the PowerBar will be handed out cut in half (in the wrapper).

Run Course Feed Stations
There will be 4 Feed Stations on the run course located at Beehive Roundabout, Lostock, The Lane and Bark St. You will pass The Lane and Bark St on each run circuit. These Feed Stations will provide athletes with:

Bike CourseAt IRONMAN UK a van will collect Bike Only personal needs bags at the T1 bike mount point up until 5am. These bags will be transported to the New Road Rivington feed station where a zone after the feed station will be set up for athletes to pick up their bags. Personal needs bags must be provided by the athlete and be identifiable by the athlete name and race number. No further transport will be provided for the bike special needs bags and no security can be provided. Bags remaining at the end of the race will be disposed of.

Run Course
There will be a personal needs zone along Bark St adjacent to the normal feed station. Here athletes can be handed personal items by their own supporters. Outside this zone the support and handling of personal items is prohibited and will result in a disqualification (red card).